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heat ray

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Noun1.heat rayheat ray - a ray that produces a thermal effect
light beam, ray, ray of light, beam of light, shaft of light, irradiation, beam, shaft - a column of light (as from a beacon)
infrared ray - a ray of infrared radiation; produces a thermal effect (as from an infrared lamp)


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He can run fast but faster runners ahead of him get zapped by the heat ray.
Strange invaders:"War of the Worlds" & "Charlie and the Chocolate ... by Alleva, Richard / Commonweal
Decades ago, materials scientists discovered that heating vanadium dioxide above 68[degrees]C transforms it from a semiconductor that lets heat rays through to a more metallic substance that reflects them.
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